Sport Today

Not sure if anybody has posted this(somebody *may* have posted this
before) but I am going ahead. This is also from "The History of Cricket",
by Trevor Bailey. It is the obituary that started the ashes!

        I N   A F F E C T I O N A T E   R E M E M B R A N C E
                                  O F
               E N G L I S H            C R I C K E T

                       WHICH DIED AT THE OVAL            

                                  O N

                           29th August 1882,
             Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
                       friends and acquaintances.

                                R. I. P.

        N.B -- The body will be cremated, and the ashes
                         taken to Australia.

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Take care,

Mayank [ Hoping for a Summer of good cricket ] Gour.

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